Masayoshi Esashi

Who is Masayoshi Esashi?

Masayoshi Esashi is an engineer. He is a global authority of Microelectromechanical systems and serves as the professor of the Tohoku University graduate school engineering graduate course.

Born in Sendai, Japan, in 1949, Masayoshi Esashi received his B.E. degree in electronic engineering in 1971 and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1976 at Tohoku University.

Esashi served as a research associate from 1976 and an associate professor from 1981 at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University. Since 1990 he has been a professor. Currently, he is the director of micro/nanomachining research and education center in Tohoku University. He is an associate director of the Semiconductor Research Institute.

He was a director of the Venture Business Laboratory in Tohoku University, and was a President of Sensor-Micromachine Society in Institute of Electrical Engineers in Japan. He has been a collaboration coordinator for Sendai city since 2004.